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Worth 25c, Pareidolia. There's no doubling occurring |
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On the 8's looks like die chips? The two sets of initials at the bottom of Washington's head (I think) are the designer and the die engraver? John1  Edited by John1
10/04/2020 05:04 am
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No added value. The post in the lower loop of each 8 had chipped on the die. These are fairly common. The initials are for the designers and engraver of the coin, William Cousins and John Flanagan (obverse), John Mercanti (reverse) ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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10/04/2020 09:29 am
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Looks like die chips, but overall I don't see any premium on this coin.  to the CCF! |
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Did you really just tell me that it's probably the engravers initials as well as the designer's initials? First of all the initials that are displayed are JF JF you may have not seen this because of my crappy photo however If that is what you're saying so maybe you can elaborate and maybe show me an example of when they possibly did put two initials on a State Quarter side by side that just so happen to be the same exact initial as the designer, also if these "dye chips" are so common how come in my three years of coin roll hunting have I not come across one yet? I've been through more State Quarters that I know what to do with man. I'm not saying you're wrong all I'm saying is I'm going to seek other professional opinions. The other day I saw a penny with a Y that wasnt even distinct on it under Lincoln's head sold for $100. |
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I'm not saying you're wrong all I'm saying is I'm going to seek other professional opinions None of us claim to be professionals, but a lot of us have a lot of experience in what we do. John has been searching coins for 5 decades, Yoko is a mint errors aficionado, CoinFrog is extremely knowledgeable, and I work in a coinshop as the in house varieties guy. Quote:
The other day I saw a penny with a Y that wasnt even distinct on it under Lincoln's head sold for $100. Either people who didn't know what they were bidding on or you didn't know what they were bidding on. From what your describing it may be a dropped letter, which would sell for that kind of money, other than that I'd have to see the listing to determine whether or not that was a justified sale. |
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WayWay-- Consider submitting your find to a reputable third party--PCGS, NGC, ANACS--for attribution. If you do, please let us know the findings. Regarding the initials, check this: https://www.PCGS.com/coinfacts/coin...dakota/39028For the record, I am not a professional numismatist. |
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ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Im wrong. Thanks guy for putting me in my place for real it sounds like yall have way more experience than I. I apologize I think just get too excited but if I dont I fear I will loose interest and thats when the almost next example would fly right by me. I'm not gonna let it happen though. Ill try to be more accepting to yalls advice as well.
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WayWay, don't sweat it. Most of the members here post because we LOVE coins and want to know everything we can about rarities. I'm not an expert, but I've studied error and variety coins for almost 50 years starting when I was 8 or 9 years old. We've all had coins that we thought were something that they were not. PLEASE keep posting and asking questions. We'll tell you what we think, plain and simple and we won't lie about what we see.  Here's a great site to help understand Die Chips. Take a look if you have the time! http://cuds-on-coins.com/ ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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10/04/2020 3:10 pm
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